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President Trump plans to sell his Tesla amid an escalating feud with Elon Musk. The rift risks federal contracts worth billions and space missions reliant on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Musk recently walked back a threat to decommission Dragon amid growing political tensions

This leaves US space agency to use Russia's Soyuz capsules to take crews to the space station

PM Narendra Modi spoke with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on call to strengthen India-US collaboration in the areas of technology and innovation. Elon Musk expressed his plan for visiting India soon this year

Williams and Wilmore initially launched to the ISS on June 6, 2024, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. However, after a malfunction in the spacecraft, they were left stranded.

The group, part of NASA/SpaceX’s Crew-9, was brought back by SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, which safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:27 a.m.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying them and two other astronauts—Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—splashed down into the waters off the coast of Florida state just minutes before 6 p.m., as NASA had announced.

The four newcomers — representing the US, Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams

In a post shared on social media platform X, SpaceX CEO Musk said Starship will carry Tesla humanoid robot Optimus to Mars. If conditions look suitable for humans, it could start "as soon as 2029."

The Dragon spacecraft took off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 7:03 pm ET on Friday (4.33 am on Saturday IST)

The launch, originally planned for today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm on the rocket

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe expanded so fast in its first moments

"I am glad that this is being followed through with active announcements of partnerships between satellite companies and telecom operators," he said in a statement.

Bharti Airtel stock opened with a gain of 5.49 per cent to hit a high of Rs 1,388.25 apiece on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Reliance Industries' stock also rose 1.3 per cent initially to trade at Rs 1,263 on the NSE before trading 0.40 per cent higher at Rs 1,242.50

"By integrating Starlink into Jio's broadband ecosystem, we are expanding our reach and enhancing the reliability and accessibility of high-speed broadband in this AI-driven era, empowering communities and businesses across the country": Mathew Oommen, the Group CEO of Reliance Jio

This agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving authorisations to sell Starlink's satellite communications-based services in India, Airtel said in a statement.  

SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down

The SpaceX's countdown got down to the 40-second mark, but it was halted because of issues with the 403-foot (123-metre) rocket, the world's largest and most powerful

Williams and Wilmore have been stuck in space since June last year due to technical problems with Boeing's Starliner which took them to ISS

The spacecraft — a new and upgraded model making its debut — was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights

The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center